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Speaker 2: You're listening to Everyday Prayers with Million Praying Moms, where

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Speaker 2: we're dedicated to helping moms pray God's word for their

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Speaker 2: families in the areas they need it most. I'm your host,

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Speaker 2: Nicolette Bell. Over the last decade, we've helped thousands of

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Speaker 2: moms make prayer a priority for their families. Our mission

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Speaker 2: is to help you do the same. Prayer is not

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Speaker 2: a last resort. It's our first and best response to

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Speaker 2: the challenges of parenting, a partnership for the hearts of

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Speaker 2: our children that God invites us into. Today's devotion is

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Speaker 2: written by Tara el Cole, author of Abide Forty Ways

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Speaker 2: to Focus on Jesus Daily. To learn more about Tara,

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Speaker 2: or to learn more about how you can get involved

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Speaker 2: in the ministry of Million Praying Moms, visit today's show

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Speaker 2: notes or Millionprayingmoms dot Com. After a quick word from

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Speaker 2: our sponsors, we'll pray together for our.

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Speaker 1: Children Firstthians thirteen four. A love is patient and kind.

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Speaker 1: I remember one particular school morning when my boys were younger.

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Speaker 1: Breakfasts were child down, clothes were thrown on, shoes found,

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Speaker 1: backpacks grabbed, all whirling out the door on to another day,

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Speaker 1: except for Son number two. Everyone else was in the

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Speaker 1: car and ready to go while he was still looking

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Speaker 1: for his shoes. Usually I would rush, rush, rush, him

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Speaker 1: in my actions and words, berating him for not moving faster.

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Speaker 1: Then he would dissolve into a puddle on the floor

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Speaker 1: and go to the car in tears because he had

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Speaker 1: failed to move fast enough. Once again. This morning, however,

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Speaker 1: the spirit slowed me down. He whispered in my ear

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Speaker 1: words of patience and kindness. Instead of rushing my son,

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Speaker 1: I waited patiently while he put on his shoes. He

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Speaker 1: jumped up with a smile and bounded out the door,

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Speaker 1: ready to face the day, much faster than if I

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Speaker 1: had poured words of condemnation over him. What a difference

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Speaker 1: patience makes. Practicing patience may not see in like an

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Speaker 1: ideal way to abiding Jesus. It seems hard and sometimes

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Speaker 1: a waste of our time. However, when we abide in Jesus,

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Speaker 1: we not only stay in a close relationship with him,

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Speaker 1: but we also follow his commands John fifteen ten. And

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Speaker 1: one of those commands is to love others as He

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Speaker 1: loved us. I missed that idea until recently I sought

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Speaker 1: to abiding Jesus through doing fun things like worship and prayer,

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Speaker 1: strolling through his creation and drawing what I saw. I've

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Speaker 1: realized that our abiding in Jesus has shown just as

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Speaker 1: much in the way we love others as it is

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Speaker 1: in the way we love Jesus. Actually loving others well

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Speaker 1: is loving Jesus well one John four twenty. To help

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Speaker 1: us know what love looks like, Paul tells us on

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Speaker 1: First Corinthians thirteen four through seven. Love is patient and kind.

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Speaker 1: Love is not jealous or boastful, or proud or rude.

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Speaker 1: It does not demand its own ways. It is not irritable,

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Speaker 1: and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does

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Speaker 1: not rejoice about injustice, but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.

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Speaker 1: Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful,

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Speaker 1: and endures through every circumstance. Did you catch it? Patience

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Speaker 1: is first when we seek to abiding Jesus. Part of

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Speaker 1: that is being patient with others, just like with my son.

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Speaker 1: Patience can make the difference in a day gone wrong

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Speaker 1: or a day that empowers. Patience can refresh a weary heart,

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Speaker 1: whereas impatience can dry up the heart's strength. Kids find

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Speaker 1: being patient just as hard, if not harder, than we do.

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Speaker 1: Brainstorm with them a time when they are attempted to

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Speaker 1: be impatient. Is it waiting for dinner, for to turn

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Speaker 1: on the game, or to go somewhere fun. Well, there's

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Speaker 1: some ways you can help them practice patience during that time.

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Speaker 1: My boys often struggled with waiting for dinner. To help them,

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Speaker 1: I had cheese and veggy trays available for snacks, or

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Speaker 1: I might have had them help with supper or set

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Speaker 1: the table while they waited. Write down some of your

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Speaker 1: ideas and work as a family to find creative solutions today.

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Speaker 1: Let's abiding Jesus by loving others well through the gift

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Speaker 1: of patience. Let's pray, Father, patience is so hard for

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Speaker 1: us and our children, Please help us to be patient

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Speaker 1: kind with each other today in Jesus' name. Amen.

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Speaker 2: the Lord bless you and keep you. Make his face

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Speaker 2: shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the

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Speaker 2: Lord look with favor on you and give you peace.